Living on coffee??

[vickster]

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[young Ed]

if i were to ever need to lose some weight i would go for plenty of exercise and simply eating healthy stuff (real food such of proper meals and less snacking etc)
Cheers Ed

 

[Crankarm]

I`m currently trying to lose a bit of weight before the TT season starts next year. I`m 5`11 and weight 83kg. I would really like to get down to 75kg, just to give me half a chance.

I did read on `tinternet that drinking coffee and eating very little is an easy way of losing weight. I`ve been doing this for about 6 weeks now and it works, the hunger is held off and I am on fire on the bike, but I can`t help feeling it`s too good to be true, any opinions on this? I`m eating around 1800 calories a day, while commuting to work is a 23 mile round trip mon-fri, and I`m turbo training, and doing the club run on a Sunday which is usually about 60 miles.

Am I heading for a rude awakening? Or do I carry on?

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[Crankarm]

This thread is getting out of hand

Well you started it !

 

[Fab Foodie]

if i were to ever need to lose some weight i would go for plenty of exercise and simply eating healthy stuff (real food such of proper meals and less snacking etc)
Cheers Ed

Define healthy stuff in this weight-loss context ...

 

[young Ed]

Define healthy stuff in this weight-loss context ...

less saturated fats and particularly salty food, minimal fried food etc
plenty of greens and fruits and enough meat to get vital proteins etc but not too much and enough fish to get important oils etc but not too much

may i stress though, that i am no expert on this as i have never needed to lose weight and i am fine at 6'0" and 70kg (mostly guts and muscle with enough but not too much fat)
Cheers Ed

 

[Fab Foodie]

less saturated fats and particularly salty food, minimal fried food etc
plenty of greens and fruits and enough meat to get vital proteins etc but not too much and enough fish to get important oils etc but not too much

may i stress though, that i am no expert on this as i have never needed to lose weight and i am fine at 6'0" and 70kg (mostly guts and muscle with enough but not too much fat)
Cheers Ed

I only ask because I have lost quite a bit of weight over the last few weeks by cutting out bread, pasta, rice and potato, all cereals. I have lots of fried foods (2 eggs for brekkie) and pretty much anything i like as long as not major carbs. The rest is fresh fruit and veg. So in this case eating bacon, sausages, processed foods, lots of saturated fats and plenty additional salt has not impacted my weight loss ....
never quite as simple as it looks young fella!

 

[simon the viking]

I bought a coffee machine for work and drink a full pot of strong filter coffee a day.... (I work on my own most of the time so no one to help me drink it) .... when I get home I find the instant in the cupboard a real let down..... but since buying it a year ago I manage to stay up till gone midnight every night if I went to bed before 11.00 pm I really wouldn't be able to sleep...... Is this wrong?.... and no I'm still eating and not getting slimmer (but could do with losing about half a stone)

Perhaps I'll follow OP's idea and up it to 2 pots and stop eating so much......

 

[young Ed]

I only ask because I have lost quite a bit of weight over the last few weeks by cutting out bread, pasta, rice and potato, all cereals. I have lots of fried foods (2 eggs for brekkie) and pretty much anything i like as long as not major carbs. The rest is fresh fruit and veg. So in this case eating bacon, sausages, processed foods, lots of saturated fats and plenty additional salt has not impacted my weight loss ....
never quite as simple as it looks young fella!

fair enough, i know various people who have tried your way and won and done as i just described and won
both methods are always topped up with plenty of exercise, especially the method i describe

as in my first post this is what I would try and as it is i do plenty of exercise in any case so that would be no problem and for the moment i am eating pretty much what i like which is mainly fruit and veg with meat 2-4 times a week as it is
Cheers Ed

 

[Fab Foodie]

fair enough, i know various people who have tried your way and won and done as i just described and won
both methods are always topped up with plenty of exercise, especially the method i describe

as in my first post this is what I would try and as it is i do plenty of exercise in any case so that would be no problem and for the moment i am eating pretty much what i like which is mainly fruit and veg with meat 2-4 times a week as it is
Cheers Ed

Sounds great. My point is ( and I am some kind of food professional) ... it's not always easy to define what's'healthy' in any particular context. But as a young whippersnapper you've started on a good path!

 

[young Ed]

Sounds great. My point is ( and I am some kind of food professional) ... it's not always easy to define what's'healthy' in any particular context. But as a young whippersnapper you've started on a good path!

fair enough, i will listen to the pro's and let you teach
my aim is to just keep riding and exercising like mad and eating as i do (maybe decrease it a little when i stop growing) and always stay at a good weight and avoid ever needing to lose any weight.....we will see how long that lasts!
Cheers Ed

 

[Fab Foodie]

fair enough, i will listen to the pro's and let you teach
my aim is to just keep riding and exercising like mad and eating as i do (maybe decrease it a little when i stop growing) and always stay at a good weight and avoid ever needing to lose any weight.....we will see how long that lasts!
Cheers Ed

Don't listen to the Pro's .... they know nothing!

 

[young Ed]

Don't listen to the Pro's .... they know nothing!

who should i listen to then?
Cheers Ed

 

[Fab Foodie]

who should i listen to then?
Cheers Ed

Read/listen broadly and question. Keep an open mind, be moderate, experiment.
I don't know the answers either (I'm a Food Scientist & Biochemist, not a Nutritionist). It's complicated, it's multi-factorial and many out there have a money making agenda to cloud the issue.
You seem to have a good situation at the moment. I did too once, when I smoked and had a more active lifestyle. Could eat anything! When that changed all of a sudden, I became very overweight. It's taken me years, nearly 10 years to figure how to tackle my own situation and at last I'm getting there. But it's still difficult to tell what is healthy for one indvidual or another.

 

[classic33]

I bought a coffee machine for work and drink a full pot of strong filter coffee a day.... (I work on my own most of the time so no one to help me drink it) .... when I get home I find the instant in the cupboard a real let down..... but since buying it a year ago I manage to stay up till gone midnight every night if I went to bed before 11.00 pm I really wouldn't be able to sleep...... Is this wrong?.... and no I'm still eating and not getting slimmer (but could do with losing about half a stone)

Perhaps I'll follow OP's idea and up it to 2 pots and stop eating so much......

Don't drink coffee and up all hours. Also, give or take a few pounds the same weight I was in 82 & still able to fit into a pair of jeans from then. Tight round the legs, but still able to fasten them at the waist.